When it is recorded
Jan1
Feb1
Mar1
Apr3
May1,999
Jun1,304
Jul50
Aug5
Sep2
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lincolnshire | England | 187 | |
| 2 | Highland | Scotland | 170 | |
| 3 | Worcestershire | England | 149 | |
| 4 | North Yorkshire | England | 137 | |
| 5 | City of Edinburgh | Scotland | 109 | |
| 6 | Norfolk | England | 87 | |
| 7 | Cheshire East | England | 72 | |
| 8 | Cumbria | England | 68 | |
| 9 | Cambridgeshire | England | 64 | |
| 10 | Suffolk | England | 60 | |
| 11 | Nottinghamshire | England | 58 | |
| 12 | Kent | England | 57 | |
| 13 | Sheffield | England | 53 | |
| 14 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 48 | |
| 15 | Northamptonshire | England | 44 |
2,492 England728 Scotland200 Wales72 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 114 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 3,495
- Peak month
- May
- Counties with records
- 114
- Scientific name
- Cantharis nigricans
- Group
- Beetles
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 3,014
- Most recorded in
- Lincolnshire, Highland, Worcestershire, North Yorkshire, City of Edinburgh, Norfolk, Cheshire East, Cumbria, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Nottinghamshire, Kent +1
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Cantharidae
- Genus
- Cantharis
- Name with authority
- Cantharis nigricans (Müller, 1776)
- Described
- 1776
- Contributing datasets
- 34
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q147970 · GBIF 5744091